Swedish lawmakers visit Armenian Genocide memorial May 17, 2018 - 10:28 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A Swedish delegation headed by the Deputy Parliament Speaker Björn Söder, accompanied by the latter's Armenian counterpart Eduard Sharmazanov, visited Tsitsernakaberd Armenian Genocide Memorial Complex in Yerevan. The members of the delegation put flowers at monument and the eternal fire and honored in silence the memory of the Holy Martyrs. They also visited the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute and learned more about the exhibits. At the end of the tour, the guests left a note in the Book of Memories. On April 24, Armenians worldwide commemorated the 103rd anniversary of the Genocide which began in the Ottoman Empire in 1915 and continued until 1923. Some three dozen countries, hundreds of local government bodies and international organizations have so far recognized the killings of 1.5 million Armenians in the Ottoman Empire as Genocide. Turkey denies to this day.   Top stories "New Zealand soldiers recorded the genocide and then brought those stories back home with them," historian James Robins said. The Armenian Germuş Church in the southeastern Turkish city of Şanlıurfa will soon be opened to tourists after some extensive renovation Nikol Pashinyan has said in an interview that he would be glad if the son of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev also served in the army. Mnatsakanyan said that Mingachevir HPP is included in the tactical plans of the karabakh Defense Army as a target.   Partner news |  Topic Latest news "Game of Thrones" star teases painful goodbye  Emmanuel said this season took longer to shoot than any other, even though it has fewer episodes than the usual ten-episode run.Iran "powerful enough to counter sanctions", says senior cleric Iran as a country with huge energy resources is powerful enough to counter the US's unilateral sanctions, a senior cleric saidFifth-generation MiG fighter jet in the works in Russia Russia’s MiG Aircraft Corporation is working on the MiG-41 fifth-generation fighter-interceptor, MiG CEO Ilya Tarasenko said.Last Islamic State-held mountain 'attacked' in southern Syria The Syrian Arab Army began the attack at dusk, scoring a big advance from Tal Alam to the Qabr Sheikh Hussein area. |
